Oregon City courier., May 19, 1905, Image 1

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23rd YEAR
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1905.
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ANNOUNC EMENT!
I wish to announce to the people of Oregon City and Clackamas
County that I have procured the agency for the celebrated
Vehhles and when you are in need of anything in this fine,
you are invited to call and see me. I will have a complete
line of all kinds, and particularly the kind that will please and
wear like whalebone. Ask any user of a Studebaker and the
answer is an unstinted expression- of satisfaction.
If you need a wagon of any kind, light or heavy, ' ".
Studebaker. They are unquestionably the best vehicle on the
market to-day. Give me your order for anything you want
and I will give you the best bargain you can obtain anywhere.
Call and See the Stock
W. L. BLOCK
THE FURNITURE MAN
Main and 7th Sts., opp. Suspension Bridge, Oregon City, Ore.
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Distributor
153 Morrison Street
Portland, Oregon
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OPPOSITION
HART) AT WORK
Noj5)emand f x Removal
of Land Office.
WORK OF SPECIAL AGENTS
PETTIT & CO.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
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Our Yard is Constantly Stocked with all kinds of Common
and finishing lumber, including Flooring, Rustic, Shiplap, Etc
WELL SEASONED STUFF A SPECIALTY A
Office and yard, head of Molalla Avenue, Opp. Everhart's Sfore?.
Phone Main 1847.
OREGON CITY, OREGON A
OPENING IS,
PGrllOEIDAY
Firemen's tournament oommittee
willxpend $380 tor mnsio alone dur
ing the thr days celebration in Ore
gon City, Jalj 8, t and 5. The Au
rora, Oregon uity ana juiwausm
bands Ilave been engaged, and this
feature of the tournament and cele
bration will be a leading one. Special
attention is being paid by the commit
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TricPStates Will Celebrate
; Thursday, June I.
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How do you spend your money ?
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Aro vnn Hninor it in a wav to secute'ubstanfial
benefits? Are you laying something aside4i'a
better time to begin than novi Tcet quicklv'j g
started in the easiest way,' cteiAe to this, bank and if
open an account, -a uvLfcrviLi n. -
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LUCIFER-Son oUiie MorningSf'YhoS-
Devoted mainly to the Erf ancipation of Womenhood and Motherhood
from Sex Slavery. ienl3 25c in stamps to 500 ruiton aireex, inicago,
for a three months trial, van3 get a catalogue or dooks ana pampniets
in the line ot bex Krorm aaraies rree.
The Bnipron City 1
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We Want YourTrade
At Harris Grocery
And are going to make special
inducements to close ouyers.
Cash and Small Profits is Cur Motto.
GOVERNQRS SO DECLARE
Loyal Citizens of Oregon
AsWcd to Visit Fair Often
JPuring First Two
Veeks.
V,ftf T 1 1 J 1 A
JltiuiBuav, uuuo x una uauu uouniDii
! holiday throughout the states of
ofegou and Washington by Governors
Chamberlain and Mean. rJnsiDess men
in Portland and adjacent cities have
been asked to close their stores daring
the opening any, to permit their em
ployes to visit the Fair, Schools will
be closed. Governor Chamberlain han
also issued a proclamation asking
every loyal citizen of Oregon to visit
the Fair as often as possible between
Jane 5 and 17. This is the time set
apart as ' Oregon Cities weeks at
the opposition. The exercises on the
opening day of the Fair will be
brief and simple as possible. - Possibly
a parade - will form a feature, partici
pated m by the soldiers from Van
couver Barracks, who will be at te
opening exercises. Other military or
eanizatiODS and the Washington Aa
ricnltural College cadet corps may be
asked to join. Innes' Band and the
administration bands will intersperse
the five-mnnte speeches wnth music,
and at the end will come the electric
spark when the President touches the
button at Washington, setting tne fix
Dositiou in motion. Then will follow
"The Star Spangled Banner," to the
accompaniment of the discharge of
109 guns, one for every year since
Lewis and Clark made their memora
ble trip, fired either by a detachment
of artillery or from some of Uncle
Sam's ships, which may be in the har
bor in honor of the occasion.
MORTGAGE LOANS NEGOTI
ATED at lowest rates. Latoarelte'i
office, Commercial Bank Building,
Oregon City.
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Huge Remonstrance to Be
Forwarded to Washington
Through Senator
Fulton. '
WHARF SITE
IS TO BE HAD
Oregon City Beyond Grasp
of a Combine. V
FREIGHT RATES TOO HIGH
Brnce 0. Carry is in Portland seonr-
1 ing signatures to the remonstrance
against the removal of the United
States land office from Oregon City
' to Portland. He was down last week
for a day with fair sacoess, many
business and professional men of the
metropolis signing the remonstrance.
This goes to show that there is no de-
tee to the Fourth of July parade, whioh mand for the removal of the office,
promises to eolipse any previous evant The first statement that was given out
of a similar nature yet held in Oregon , involved the story that the govern
Citr. J. U. Campbell, grand mar- ment was paying $30 per month rent
shal, will head the, procession, and
many of the fraternal orders in the
city will participate. Mayor Sommer
and members of the council and other
officials will ride in carriages. As an
inducement to assist the parade, tne
committee has oftejeed a prize for the
best deoorated hose care in the parade,
15; bestjlodge float,20; largest turn
for rooms,1 when spaoe in one of the
federal buildings in Portland was to
be had free of cost to the government.
Both the postofllce and . customhouse
buildings in Portland, however, are
under the supervision of the treasury
department and "no room" has been
reported to the seoretary of 'the inter
ior. This probably ends the matter.
out' from anyone organization ,$16; so far as room in a foderal building
best appearing unirormea Doay, uuuucmou, an wun m xunmuu nre
best and largest turnout of ladies, $15 j treble those of Oregon City, where
best business noat, $15. r or me uio
erty car deoorations.$25 has been set
aside, and the following prizes have
been onered for the athietio events :
Hose race $(i50.
Log rolling contest first, $10; seo-
ond, $5. ...
Swimming race, 50 yards nrsc, o ;
becond, $2. 50.
Boat race, one-half mile witn turn,
two sets oars prize, $10,
Street sports, free for all, 100-yard
dash first, $10; necond, $5.
Boys race, under 15 years, 70 yards
first, $8; second, $2.
Fat Men's race, 50 yards, must
weigh 200 pounds or over, prize, $5.
Wheelbarrow raoe prize, $5.
Sack race prize, $5.
Climbing greased pole prize, $5.
Local Shippers Will Investi
gate Charges Made in
i Board of Trade
Resolution.
Indians Challenge Eagles.
Bed Men and Eagles will mix up in
a game of baseball at Canemah Park
next Sunday. Waoheuo Tribe has is
sued a challenge to the Oregon City
Aerie, which was promptly accepted.
Both sides will practice faithfully,
and the game will be a sight for gods
and men. The Red Men line-up will
be somethinsg like this: C. E. Ramsby
and William Jordan, pitchers; Charles
Ely and Edward Jordan, catchers;
JoeQoodfellow, first base ; R. L. Hol
man, second base ; E. L. McFarland,
third base; Web Burns, left field;
Walter Little, center field; John Fin-
ncane, right field. The substitutes
will be George C. Brownell, E. Frost,
F. Quinn, L. Ruconich, Dr. W. E.
Carll, John Weismandle, Henry Mel
drum, Chris Hartman, J. H. Howard,
Mike Munch.
there is no over demand for office
rooms.
The opposition to removal has not
lost heart, even with the realization
that the prospect is decidedly unfav
orable for a revocation of the ' order.
All inspectors and speoial agents sta
tioned in this territory would like to
see the office moved to Portland, as it
won Id make their work easier, and
give them more pleasant quarters. Not
a single word have the people of Ore
gon City heard from Washington in
response to a telegram sent to the
presidont, and it is the intention of
the remonBtrators to place the whole
matter in the hands of Senator Fulton.
Register Dresser and Reooiver Bibee
have received from Washington notice
of the removal. Copies of the order
will be placed in postoffices and other
pnblio places throughout the district.
Rochl-Jones.
John Pf'Roehl and Mrs. E. O. Jones
were married Saturday in this city,
Rev. J. R. Landsbornugh, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church offici
ating.. After the ceremony thsy left
for Salem for a short honeymoon trip,
and will be at home to their friends
in West Oregon City, where Mr. Roehl
conducts a grocery business.
SUDDEN DEATH OF CHILD.
Little Daughter of 1. W. Robbins, of
Molalla, Passes Away.
Loots, theTinfant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. W. Robbins, of Molalla,
died suddenly Monday night from
acute indigetsion. The age of the child
was one year. Monday night she
was put to bod, and Mr. and Mrs.
Robbins left the house to spend the
evening, leaving a woman in the
house. The n:iild was in ;fuir health,
but had suffered witti indigestion
since birth, and her i arents were hor
rified when they returned home about
10 o'clock to .find that she was dead.
She had vomited some ubstance that
had the appearanoe of curdled milk.
The funeral was held at 11 o'clock
r Wednesday morning at Molalla. Mr.
Kobbius is a prominent merchant of
that place, and is well known here.
"Neglected colds make fat" grave
yards. " Dr. Wood's Norway Pine
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happy, vigorous old ago.
President Huntley, of the Board of
Trade, will appoint a committee of
seven of the leading shippers of Ore
gon City to ake up the matter of
freight rates on the railway and
steamer lines between Oregon City
and Portland. This is ,in accordance
with a resolution that Was adopted
and the committee will go to the root
of the question.'
' Rates on some classes of freight are
as high as $!i per ton, and this rate is
considered exhorbitaut. Whether or
not the local shippers will throw
enongh business to an independent
steamer line to justify suoh an enter
prise is questionable, but there is no
question about a location for a pnblio
wharf. Frank Basel), who was th
man who brought the matter of high
freight rats to the a tention of the
Board of Trade, and who introduced
the resolution, has the problem al
ready solved, as he has water froutage
just ynorth of the Y. ML O. A. build
ing, whore a wharf might be con
structed that would certainly be more
easy of aocess than either the docks of
the (Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company of the Oregon City Trans
portation Company.
.Mr. Buseh's chief complaint is that
he was charged $12 freight on the
electric Hue for a shipment that cost
only $70 from the eastern factory to
Portland. He believes this proportion
is out of all reason, and states that he
has been unable to get any claim ad
justed. The resolution, as adopted by
the Board of Trade, follows:
"Whereas, the O. W. P. & R. Co.
on all local passenger traffic, charges
nearly twice as much on travel away
from Oregon City as they do on travel
toward it, the-eby discriminating to
ward Oregon City ; and
"Whereas, During the last year
freight rates on many classes of goods
between Portland and Oregon City
have been simply outrageous by all
the transportation companies doing
businoss in Oregon City ; and
"Whereas, The merchants of Oregon
City and the farmers of the surround
ing country have pationtly borne with
the exhorbitaut rates for nearly one
year, and conditions are now even
worse than at tne beginning oi uiu
present combine ; and
"Whereas, Many independent boat
companies would gladly look after the
business of Oregon City and surround
ing country at reasonable rates, if
proper landing facilities were to be
had; and
"Whereas, A publio wharf would
greatly benefit not only the business
houses, but the farmers "of the sur
rounding oountrv, as well as enabling
the farmers to transport their products
to Portland by means of boats or
barges, and'at much loss cost than the
present transportation companies are
charging; therefore be it
"Resolved, That a committee con
sisting of seven of the most prominent
shippers of Oregon City and vicinity
be appointed to thoroughly investigate
this matter, to the end that Oregon
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